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Crippen & Landru Publishers is a small publisher of mystery fiction collections, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1994 by husband and wife Sandi and Douglas G. Greene in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, and is named after murderers Dr. H. H. Crippen and Henri Landru. The Greenes' son Eric designed the logo. Jeffrey Marks succeeded Douglas G. Greene as publisher on January 1, 2018, while Dr. Greene remains active as Series Editor.
Crippen & Landru publishes two distinct series of single-author short story collections. The Regular Series, generally featuring current authors, is published in two editions: cloth bound, signed and numbered; and trade softcover. The Lost Classics Series features uncollected stories by great mystery and detective writers of the past. It is available in dust-jacketed cloth and trade softcover. Some titles are also available as e-books.
Among the authors published by Crippen & Landru are Lawrence Block, Max Allan Collins, Margaret Maron, Peter Lovesey, Bill Pronzini, Michael Gilbert, and Edward D. Hoch. [1]
Year | Author | Title |
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1994 | John Dickson Carr | Speak of the Devil |
1995 | Margery Allingham | The Darings of the Red Rose |
Marcia Muller | The McCone Files | |
1996 | Edward D. Hoch | Diagnosis: Impossible |
Patricia Moyes | Who Killed Father Christmas? | |
Bill Pronzini | Spadework | |
1997 | Michael Gilbert | The Man Who Hated Banks |
Edward D. Hoch | The Ripper of Storyville | |
H. R. F. Keating | In Kensington Gardens Once | |
Margaret Maron | Shoveling Smoke | |
James Yaffe | My Mother the Detective | |
1998 | P. M. Carlson | Renowned Be Thy Grave |
Jeremiah Healy | The Concise Cuddy | |
Peter Lovesey | Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose | |
Bill Pronzini | Carpenter and Quincannon | |
Peter Robinson | Not Safe After Dark | |
1999 | Doug Allyn | All Creatures Dark and Dangerous |
Lawrence Block | One Night Stands | |
Ed Gorman | Famous Blue Raincoat | |
Ellery Queen | The Tragedy of Errors | |
2000 | Hugh B. Cave | Long Live the Dead |
Michael Collins | Fortune’s World | |
Joe Gores | Stakeout on Page Street | |
Edward D. Hoch | The Velvet Touch | |
Clark Howard | Challenge the Widow-Maker | |
Marcia Muller | McCone and Friends | |
Carolyn Wheat | Tales Out of School | |
2001 | Lawrence Block | The Lost Cases of Ed London |
Max Allan Collins | The Kisses of Death | |
Susan Dunlap | The Celestial Buffet | |
Ron Goulart | Adam and Eve on a Raft | |
Edward D. Hoch | The Old Spies Club | |
Michael Z. Lewin | The Reluctant Detective | |
Peter Lovesey | The Sedgemoor Strangler | |
Ross Macdonald | Strangers in Town | |
2002 | Christianna Brand | The Spotted Cat (“Lost Classics Series”) |
Charles B. Child | The Sleuth of Baghdad (“Lost Classics Series”) | |
Brendan DuBois | The Dark Snow | |
Michael Gilbert | The Curious Conspiracy | |
Peter Godfrey | The Newtonian Egg (“Lost Classics Series”) | |
Wendy Hornsby | Nine Sons | |
Stuart Palmer | Hildegarde Withers (“Lost Classics Series”) | |
Craig Rice | Murder, Mystery and Malone (“Lost Classics Series”) | |
Georges Simenon | The 13 Culprits | |
Raoul Whitfield | Jo Gar’s Casebook | |
2003 | Jon L. Breen | Kill the Umpire |
William Campbell Gault | Marksman (“Lost Classics Series”) | |
Hugh B. Cave | Come Into My Parlor | |
Liza Cody | Lucky Dip | |
William DeAndrea | Murder – All Kinds (“Lost Classics Series”) | |
Jeremiah Healy | Cuddy – Plus One | |
Edward D. Hoch | The Iron Angel | |
Gerald Kersh | Karmesin (“Lost Classics Series”) | |
C. Daly King | The Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant (“Lost Classics Series”) | |
Helen McCloy | The Pleasant Assassin (“Lost Classics Series”) | |
Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg | Problems Solved | |
Eric Wright | A Killing Climate | |
2004 | Anthony Berkeley | The Avenging Chance (“Lost Classics Series”) |
Joseph Commings | Banner Deadlines (“Lost Classics Series”) | |
Kathy Lynn Emerson | Murders and Other Confusions | |
Erle Stanley Gardner | The Danger Zone (“Lost Classics Series”) | |
Margaret Maron | Suitable for Hanging | |
Margaret Millar | The Couple Next Door (“Lost Classics Series”) | |
Mickey Spillane | Byline: Mickey Spillane | |
T. S. Stribling | Dr. Poggioli: Criminologist | |
2005 | Michael Collins | Slot-Machine Kelly |
Terence Faherty | The Confessions of Owen Keane | |
Edward Marston | Murder – Ancient and Modern | |
Gladys Mitchell | Sleuth’s Alchemy | |
Ellery Queen | The Adventure of the Murdered Moths | |
Philip Warne | Who Was Guilty? | |
2006 | Detection Club | The Verdict of Us All |
Erle Stanley Gardner | The Casebook of Sidney Zoom | |
Edward D. Hoch | More Things Impossible | |
Amy Myers | Murder, ’Orrible Murder | |
Ellis Peters | The Trinity Cat | |
Rafael Sabatini | The Evidence of the Sword | |
Julian Symons | The Detections of Francis Quarles | |
2007 | Lloyd Biggle | The Grandfather Rastin Mysteries (“Lost Classics Series”) |
Max Brand | Masquerade (“Lost Classics Series”) | |
Mignon G. Eberhart | Dead Yesterday (“Lost Classics Series”) | |
Ross Macdonald | The Archer Files | |
Walter Satterthwait | The Mankiller of Pooejegai | |
2008 | John Dickson Carr and Val Gielgud | 13 to the Gallows |
Peter Lovesey | Murder on the Short List | |
Richard Lupoff | Quintet | |
Hugh Pentecost | The Battles of Jericho (“Lost Classics Series”) | |
2009 | Anthony Boucher and Denis Green | The Casebook of Gregory Hood |
Victor Canning | The Minerva Club | |
Vera Caspary | The Murder in the Stork Club | |
James Powell | A Pocketful of Noses | |
S. J. Rozan | A Tale About a Tiger | |
Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett | A Little Intelligence | |
2010 | Erle Stanley Gardner | The Exploits of the Patent Leather Kid |
Michael Innes | Appleby Talks About Crime (Lost Classics Series) | |
William Link | The Columbo Collection | |
Philip Wylie | Ten Thousand Blunt Instruments (Lost Classics Series) | |
2011 | Vincent Cornier | The Duel of Shadows |
Loren D. Estleman | Valentino | |
Elizabeth Ferrars | The Casebook of Jonas P. Jonas | |
Melodie Johnson Howe | Shooting Hollywood | |
2014 | Charlotte Armstrong | Night Call (Lost Classics Series) |
Edward D. Hoch | Nothing Is Impossible | |
2015 | Phyllis Bentley | Chain of Witnesses (Lost Classics Series) |
Anthony Berkeley | The Avenging Chance (Enlarged edition with one additional story) | |
Marilyn Todd | Swords, Sandals, and Sirens | |
2016 | Detection Club | Motives for Murder, A Celebration of Peter Lovesey on His 80th Birthday |
Frederick Irving Anderson | The Purple Flame and Other Detective Stories | |
Patrick Quentin | The Puzzles of Peter Duluth | |
James Yaffe | My Mother, The Detective (Enlarged edition with one additional story) | |
2017 | Anthony Gilbert | Sequel to Murder: The Cases of Arthur Crook and Other Mysteries (Lost Classics Series) |
Edward D. Hoch | All But Impossible: The Impossible Files of Dr. Sam Hawthorne | |
2018 | Bill Brittain | The Man Who Read Mysteries |
Edward D. Hoch | Challenge the Impossible, The Last Casebook of Dr. Sam Hawthorne | |
James Holding | The Zanzibar Shirt Mystery and Other Stories | |
Elaine Viets | A Deal with the Devil and 13 Short Stories | |
2019 | Edward D. Hoch | Hoch's Ladies |
Peter Lovesey | The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories | |
Patrick Quentin | The Cases of Lieutenant Trant | |
Silver Bullets: An anthology celebrating Crippen & Landru's 25th Anniversary | ||
2020 | John Dickson Carr | The Island of Coffins and Other Mysteries from the Casebook of Cabin B-13 |
Erle Stanley Gardner | Hot Cash, Cold Clews: The Adventures of Lester Leith (Lost Classics Series) | |
Edward D. Hoch | Funeral in the Fog: The Strange Mysteries of Simon Ark | |
Art Taylor | The Boy Detective & The Summer of '74 and Other Tales of Suspense | |
2021 | Freeman Wills Crofts | The 9.50 Up Express and Other Mysteries (Lost Classics Series) |
Robert Edward Eckels | Never Trust a Partner, The Con Games of Robert Edward Eckels | |
William Link and Richard Levinson | Shooting Script and Other Mysteries | |
Stuart Palmer | Hildegarde Withers: Final Riddles? (Lost Classics Series) | |
Patrick Quentin | Hunt in the Dark and Other Fatal Pursuits (Lost Classics Series) | |
2022 | Bill Brittain | The Man Who Solved Mysteries (Lost Classics Series) |
John Dickson Carr | The Kindling Spark: Early Tales of Mystery, Horror, and Adventure by John Dickson Carr | |
John Creasey | Gideon and the Young Toughs and Other Stories (Lost Classics Series) | |
Edward D. Hoch | Constant Hearses and Other Revolutionary Mysteries | |
Ellery Queen and Josh Pachter | The Adventures of the Puzzle Club and Other Stories | |
2023 | Art Taylor | The Adventure of the Castle Thief and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions |
Edith Maxwell | A Questionable Death and Other Historical Quaker Midwife Mysteries | |
Edward D. Hoch | The Killer Everyone Knew and Other Captain Leopold Stories | |
Donna Andrews and Greg Herren and Art Taylor | The School of Hard Knox | |
Pierre Very | The Secret of the Pointed Tower | |
2024 | Frances Lockridge | The Flair for Murder |
Toni LP Kelner | The Skeleton Rides a Horse and Other Stories | |
Edward D. Hoch | The Will o' the Wisp Mystery | |
Tom Mead | The Indian Riope Trick | |
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